Tooltip Tags: Lighting

Tenner

A standard studio 10K lighting unit, as opposed to a baby 10 or a Big Eye, which are also 10K lighting units.

A power feed obtained by temporarily clipping on to the main service of a location. This methodology is illegal in many areas.

A tubular, extending device which is generally used for suspending lights from set walls.

A flat, on the floor mount, for large lights with a junior receiver.

A device similar to a slip pin connector, which is used on a feeder cable, and which has a positive twist connection.

Shining a light on an object, then slowing turning the light away so that some of the light will miss or fall off the object.

A high intensity light, with a polished parabolic reflector.

(1) A shot with only one subject in the frame. (2) A type of scrim that can be placed in a light cut the light down by 1 ‘F’ stop.

A term used to describe highly directional, focused light. This is often perceived as a very ‘hard’ light.

Light that is escaping from the sides of a lighting unit, or any light that is falling where it is not wanted.